Winslow Hastie is President & CEO of Historic Charleston Foundation, a non-profit organization that champions the historic authenticity, cultural character and livability of the Charleston region through advocacy, stewardship and community engagement. Hastie began his career in San Francisco as a preservation consultant at Carey & Co. Architecture, and as an urban planner and preservation specialist at the City of San Francisco Planning Department. A native of Charleston, Hastie returned to his roots as the Chief Preservation Officer at Historic Charleston Foundation. Following a national search, Hastie was chosen to lead the Foundation as President & CEO, ushering in a new era of heightened advocacy engagement and strategic programming to address preservation, livability and growth issues facing the Charleston region. He holds a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of the South at Sewanee.

In his active civic life, Hastie currently serves on the Board of Directors of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, an historic site outside of Charleston; the Board of Directors of Preservation Action, a national preservation advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C.; the Advisory Board for the American College of the Building Arts; and the Board of the Friends of the Lowcountry Lowline.